festuca glauca 'blue whiskers' (blue whiskers fescue)
$19.95
- this grass has a mounding habit and forms a dense, uniform, semi-evergreen tuft
- very narrow leaf blades are an intense blue
- narrow seed spikes emerge green, turn purple and age to a tan colour
- bloom time: june to july
- cool season grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and start again when temperatures start to cool in the fall
- during the warmer summer months, they stop growing and some will even go dormant
- cool season grasses flower in the spring or early summer
- most cool season grasses grow best in a consistently moist soil
- zone 4
- height 25-30cm
- spread 60-70cm
- colour green, yellow
- best grown in full sun and a well-drained soil
- remove spent foliage in the spring
- clumps need to be divided every 2- 3 years to maintain their appeal
- full sun, partial sun/shade
- deer resistant
- drought tolerant, once established
- evergreen
- ground cover
- rock garden